Re: Corsair Nova 32GB SSD On Sale for $69.99

2010-06-21 Thread Ed Grey
Are there PCI SATA adapter cards that would let you boot from this on, say, a G4 Digital Audio? That would be very sweet. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-21 Thread Ed Grey
I don't think I saw this mentioned already. You should be able to find a recent DVD drive with a beige front and no gaudiness. Right now, I'm looking at the front of my Pioneer DVR-112L 16X drive, and it's beige, with things like DVD and RW etched on it very inconspicuously. It's also very good at

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-20 Thread Ed Grey
At 1:11 AM -0700 6/18/2010, Ed Grey wrote: test Unless you're the list administrator, there is NEVER a need to send a test message to an entire mailing list.  Be considerate.  There are people on the lists with slow and/or metered connections.  Don't waste their bandwidth.  In the furture

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-20 Thread Ed Grey
I had the test message up for about 5 seconds, and then deleted it. It turned out that there was a problem with cookies in my Firefox browser that caused Google group posting attempts to go into an infinite loop. In the process of diagnosing the problem, I needed to see if another browser would

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-18 Thread Ed Grey
My understanding is that Apple is not releasing any more security updates for Tiger. There are still some updates for apps that run in Tiger, but even Firefox is discontinuing support after version 3.6. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-18 Thread Ed Grey
On Jun 16, 3:44 am, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Apple hasn't yet issued a security update for Tiger, so perhaps it's truly abandoned forever now? My understanding is that Apple is not releasing any more security updates for Tiger. There are still some updates for apps that run in

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-18 Thread Ed Grey
test On Jun 18, 3:05 am, Ed Grey edwg...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 16, 3:44 am, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Apple hasn't yet issued a security update for Tiger, so perhaps it's truly abandoned forever now? My understanding is that Apple is not releasing any more security updates

Is there any way to use a Panther upgrade CD set to install onto a blank hard drive?

2010-06-18 Thread Ed Grey
I discovered that I have a set of 10.3 Panther CD's, but even though they're the black retail-looking ones, the first disc (of 3) says Upgrade on it. I know there was a way to use a Leopard upgrade disc to a blank drive, but that trick involved Time Machine, which didn't exist with 10.3. So - is

Re: SSD

2010-02-11 Thread Ed Grey
That's what makes computers so much fun - the incredible amount of hairsplitting and detail-poking necessary to do what used to require just a pencil and paper. I suppose for that .01% of the population that knows that SSD used to use volatile RAM (and of course someone here will look that up and

Re: SSD

2010-02-11 Thread Ed Grey
I'm not really talking about $500 - or $15,000 - SSD's. What's wrong with putting a $100 SSD into a $200 laptop, especially when that SSD can be reused in a future machine? (Or putting a $200 SSD into a $500 G5, for that matter?) And especially if it lowers your stress level through longer laptop

Re: SSD

2010-02-11 Thread Ed Grey
I'm not really talking about $500 - or $15,000 - SSD's. What's wrong with putting a $100 SSD into a $200 laptop, especially when that SSD can be reused in a future machine? (Or putting a $200 SSD into a $500 G5, for that matter?) And especially if it lowers your stress level through longer laptop

Re: SSD

2010-02-07 Thread Ed Grey
On Feb 4, 3:19 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 4, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Ed Grey wrote: I meant an SSD drive that comes on a PCI card, rather than the usual SSD that plugs in like a hard drive. So what you are looking for is a pci card that has ram built in.   What does SSD

Re: SSD

2010-02-04 Thread Ed Grey
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempohd.html You attach an old laptop HD onto this card, then plug the card into a   pci slot. It also includes a ata/133 connector so you can plug in 2   large ata drives into it. Sonnet's price is $70. No, I didn't mean a PCI card that needed a standard

Re: SSD

2010-02-01 Thread Ed Grey
On Jan 31, 10:33 am, iJohn zjboyguard-ggro...@yahoo.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Ed Grey edwg...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any SSD's that plug into a PCI slot? That would be very handy for a desktop machine, and would avoid taking a hard drive connector. I've seen PCIe

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
If it's going to be the boot disk, I heard that flash memory connected to an adapter may not be suitable for the task. The full-blown SSD drives are made with hard drive type use in mind. Because of the timing of all this, it seems like SSD's will become modestly priced after SATA has replaced

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
I use an older Mac because: 1) I'm not a gamer 2) I'm not editing video 3) It still does what I want it to do with little trouble 4) There are inexpensive ways to improve its performance if needed 5) I'm not: a trust fund baby, otherwise wealthy, or someone who prefers having the coolest Mac to

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
And the same thing seems to have happened at about the same time with the change from PCI to PCIe. Are there any SSD's that plug into a PCI slot? That would be very handy for a desktop machine, and would avoid taking a hard drive connector. I've seen PCIe, but I don't remember whether or not I've